Contents

No. 10. Vol. XXXI.

May, 1961

People 5

Australia Tips Her Hand on West New Guinea 17 TEAL Is On Its Own 18 Ocean Island Phosphate Strike Settled 18 Anti-CSR Gangs on the Fiji Warpath 19 The "Pandora" Story: "Bunkum!" 19 Labour Decision Causes NG Storm 20 P-NG Political Party Is "Dead" 20 West Samoa Votes Yes 20 Wool Fashions for the Islands 21 Copra Goes Down, and Down 22 No New American Samoa Governor Yet 22 Melanesians Will Share the Thrill of the One-armed Bandit 23 Soviet Ships "Should be Watched" 23

Commentary 25

Canberra Commentary 27

Who's Making Poison in New Guinea? 27 Beryl Sawyer Reports from Papeete 29 BMA Discusses the Title of Doctor 31

Unhappy Prospects in Fiji 33 An Analysis of Fiji's Gloom 35 TERRITORIES TALK-TALK, with Tolala 37 New Guinea Airline Battle "Will Get Worse" 42 Nadi's New Hotel 43 The Tireless Mayor of Suva 45 They're Trying to Beat a Fool's Paradise 49 New Guinea Coffee Report 51 Fiji Looks at its Beverages 55

Sydneysider Goes Walkabout .. 59

Shocking Fiji Housing 65 Report from the Dutch New Guinea Council 69 This Noumea Artist Makes Money . 73

Magazine Section 75-100

News of Pacific Shipping 101

Pacific Report 117

Obituaries 145

Travel Talk 146

Shipping, Airways Timetables 149 Commerce and Produce 157